Chapter 5.1 Bai Su Zhen transformed the centipede spirit with her compassion
In the Wugong Cave, Wu Niangzi flicked her embroidery needle and it was about to hit Jing Song. Bai Suzhen stepped forward and blocked Jing Song, and used her sword to deflect the needle. Suddenly, a "ding" sound was heard as the Mermaid Pearl in Bai Suzhen's sleeve fell to the ground.
At that moment, the dots of light in the air suddenly had a direction and entered the Mermaid Pearl one after another. The pearl, which had no spiritual energy, began to emit a faint light, just like a thousand years ago.
Bai Suzhen saw this scene and her expression changed. Regardless of her safety, she reached out to pick up the pearl. Wu Niangzi was about to hit Bai Suzhen's skull with her palm, but when she saw the pearl on the ground, she changed her move and grabbed the pearl before Bai Suzhen.
Bai Suzhen held her sword and said sternly, "Give me the pearl back!"
Wu Niangzi's eyes were fierce as she said, "This is my daughter's pearl! I won't be wrong! Speak! Why do you have my daughter's pearl?"
Bai Suzhen said sadly, "This is something that lasts forever."
Wu Niangzi grabbed her and asked, "Who is it that lasts forever? Where is he? Hurry, take me to see him!"
Bai Suzhen looked at the corpse on the ground, and Wu Niangzi shuddered and turned to look at the corpse of the one who lasts forever.
Wu Niangzi shook her head and said to herself, "Impossible! He was clearly a boy. This pearl belongs to my daughter! My daughter promised me that she would wear this pearl for generations. How could it become a boy's?"
Bai Suzhen said calmly, "The one who lasts forever was born with this pearl in his mouth."
Wu Niangzi angrily shouted, "You're lying! I don't believe it! He has been by my side for so long, and I have never felt the power of the pearl. How could it be his companion spirit pearl?"
At this moment, the Mermaid Pearl lit up and slowly floated up from Wu Niangzi's palm. The pearl emitted a firefly-like light, surrounding Wu Niangzi.
Bai Suzhen looked up at the stars and said softly, "The spiritual energy of this pearl is used to nourish the soul, so it is dim and lifeless. Only when the soul returns to its place and the spiritual energy returns to the pearl, can we sense its breath. After experiencing a hundred generations, the spiritual energy of the pearl has already weakened, and it is afraid that it will be difficult to protect the soul of the one who lasts forever."
"No!!!" Wu Niangzi let out a long howl as the light of the soul was about to disappear into chaos. She erupted with a huge demon power, and the power created a huge vortex, sucking in the chaos.
The Wugong Jing was angry and said, "You're crazy! The lunar eclipse hasn't arrived yet, we're not ready yet. Now is not the time to open the reincarnation route!"
Wu Niangzi's eyes became fierce. "Get out of here!" She staggered and turned, seeming to struggle with herself. Finally, she rushed into the vortex without hesitation.
Bai Suzhen was attracted by the strong force and flew towards the vortex. Jing Song rushed forward to try to grab Bai Suzhen, but was dragged by the force and was taken into the light gate with her.
Fa Hai and Xiao Qing entered the Jinxiu Fang one after another, but found that the place was filled with people lying down. Fa Hai's expression changed and he was about to check their injuries. Xiao Qing impatiently pulled Fa Hai, worried about Bai Suzhen.
As she did, the shaking Zen stick stood upright, and at the place where the Zen stick stood, a beam of light appeared. Xiao Qing and Fa Hai immediately rushed into the beam of light.
Inside the light gate, Bai Suzhen was thrown to the ground by a great force, and Jing Song protected her tightly.
It was pitch black like night, and a blue stone road spread endlessly into the distance. In the misty distance, a floating bridge could be seen vaguely, leading to an unknown place. Snow-white lotus lamps floated along the river under the bridge.
In the flames of each lotus lamp, a shadow of a person was reflected.
Jing Song looked towards the distance with Bai Suzhen, explaining, "The River of Forgetfulness, the Soup of Oblivion. Don't worry about the past after drinking. The Tower of Looking Back, the Bridge of Helplessness. Don't look back on the Yellow Springs Road. This is the reincarnation route."
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Bai Suzhen murmured to herself, "The cycle of reincarnation, is this really the underworld?"
"Indeed," replied someone.
Bai Suzhen cautiously moved forward in the mist, searching for traces of Wu Niangzi. Suddenly, she stopped in her tracks. The flickering light that had been like fireflies before was now converging and gradually forming the appearance of Changsheng. The light wanted to enter the lotus lamp in the Forgotten River, but when it came close, an invisible force pulled it apart.
"It's Changsheng!" Bai Suzhen was about to rush over, but Jing Song pulled her back.
"You can't go over there. This is the boundary between Yin and Yang. Once you cross the line, you'll be on Naihe Bridge and won't be able to return. The souls in these soul lamps in the River of Oblivion are those who have passed away. The river will wash away the memories of their past lives. Changsheng can't even enter the soul lamp. He will scatter into nothingness at the end of Naihe Bridge."
While Jing Song spoke, he saw a figure quickly rush over and jump into the Forgotten River. The figure quickly picked up a lotus lamp and used spiritual power to gather the light back into the lamp.
Wu Niangzi carefully held the lotus lamp and formed a hand seal. Spiritual power continuously flowed towards a huge stone by the bridge.
Bai Suzhen couldn't help but want to rush forward, but Jing Song stopped her. "She's going to activate the Three Lives Stone."
"Three Lives Stone?"
Jing Song nodded. "The Three Lives Stone can read the most profound memories of the soul in each life. She should be trying to use the Three Lives Stone to read Changsheng's past and present lives."
The Three Lives Stone had a mermaid pearl on it. Suddenly, a voice came from it.
"Mother, I can't take this mermaid pearl with me. I've searched for my mother for hundreds of lifetimes, but I've done my best."
Wu Niangzi covered her mouth, unable to control her grief. She reached for the mermaid pearl, but it burst open. In each dust, there was a phantom of a little princess who died prematurely in each life. All of them were killed by Wu Niangzi, who was blinded by hatred...
As the powder scattered, the faces of each child quickly passed by. Finally, the little princess of King Zhou appeared. She smiled at Wu Niangzi outside of the Three Lives Stone, and the mermaid pearl around her neck sparkled.
"Mother."
"Daughter!" Wu Niangzi quickly reached out to grab everything, but she caught nothing.
The little princess turned into fireflies and disappeared into countless specks of light. Wu Niangzi's tears fell uncontrollably, and she cried out in agony, "Did I force you to be a prince in your previous life, so you had to be reborn as a boy in every lifetime?"
She covered her face and cried bitterly, with no regard for anyone else.
Bai Suzhen was heartbroken. "So Changsheng is your child. He has gone through hundreds of lifetimes, all of which were killed by you. Now, he can only scatter into nothingness..." She tried to gather the fading soul specks together, but she couldn't. The specks only temporarily remained undispersed but couldn't be gathered.
Jing Song sighed and infused her with spiritual power. The specks slowly began to gather again.
Suddenly, Wu Niangzi stopped crying and her face showed a strange expression.
She looked greedily at Bai Suzhen, who was trying to save Changsheng, and suddenly pounced. Jing Song quickly pulled Bai Suzhen back. The newly gathered soul specks began to turn into twinkling stars again.
Bai Suzhen angrily scolded, "Are you crazy? That's your own child!"
The centipede demon sneered, "Let those soul specks scatter. White Snake, what I want now is your demon pill!"
The centipede demon was about to pounce, but stopped in its tracks, as if it was struggling with itself.
The centipede demon struggled, "You crazy woman, let go of me! Your daughter died more than a thousand years ago, don't you give up? Let's take this White Snake's demon pill together and be invincible in the world!"
Wu Niangzi resolutely said, "I sewed myself with you, the Centipede King, before I died, just to save my child. No matter what, I won't give up!"
The centipede demon sneered, "We gained 3,000 years of power through the flesh of these children. Do you know how difficult it was? You want to ruin my good fortune, then you die with me!"
Wu Niangzi let out a painful groan and grabbed the image of a centipede from her body with both hands. The centipede turned into a solid form and fought with Fa Hai.
Wu Niangzi, regardless of everything, rushed towards the specks of light.
Fa Hai noticed Wu Niangzi's actions while fighting with the centipede demon and angrily shouted. He threw his purple-golden bowl towards Wu Niangzi.
"You evil demon, you still want to do harm? Die!"
The purple-golden bowl flew towards Wu Niangzi. However, she was in a daze and didn't avoid it. She was enveloped by the Buddha's light of the purple-golden bowl. Her face showed a painful expression, but she didn't resist the purple-golden bowl at all. Instead, she slowly gathered the specks of light with her spiritual power.
Xiaoqing angrily said, "You monk, she's saving someone! Why don't you put away your broken bowl! Do you really want this child's soul to scatter?"
Only then did Fa Hai notice that Wu Niangzi was trying to save Changsheng. Because of the influence of the purple-golden bowl, Wu Niangzi's body slowly became transparent, and she was unable to gather Changsheng's soul anymore.
Fa Hai quickly fought with the centipede demon with all his might.
Bai Suzhen flew forward and knocked the purple-golden bowl away. Wu Niangzi fell to the ground and looked at Bai Suzhen with a pleading look. "Save my child!"
Bai Suzhen was about to rush over, but Jing Song pulled her back. "Are you helping her? She was trying to dig out your demon pill earlier!"
Bai Suzhen pushed his hand away and said, "I'm not helping her, I'm saving Changsheng." She resolutely rushed forward.